“THE MARK LEVIN SHOW” Live –Tuesday August-25-2009

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[Bush Revolution]

I was just reading NR Jim Gerehty’s (he’s at townhall) and the “mob” are shouting back to the Obots..”Sarah...Sarah...Sarah and Clean House”. Awesome

[ChicagoConservative27]

Hi, sugar.

[hattend]

Funny how a man who makes $180K a year has a half million in bank accounts

[Bush Revolution]

Hey buddy.

[hattend]

If we audit Rangel, we should audit them all. Dem and Pub

[cleveland gop]

Thanks!! I just dribbled Coke all over my shirt!!!

[Bush Revolution]

I agree. I’m sick of the corruption no matter who it is. I don’t think that being in Congress should be a profession either.

[Bush Revolution]

I just dyed my hair and by looking at my dog, I think I dyed some of hers too.

[hattend]

Mark, they took the cell phones away from the riff-raff at Marxist Vineyard the other day when the Emperor landed.

[Bush Revolution]

Remember about a month ago the SS threatened to take away cellphones in a restaurant Michelle was at.

[BIGLOOK]

Just heard you say to get organized and throw the bums out in 2012 (or 2010 in the case of congress). That would do but it allows so much more damage being done to the Republic. Do we really have the luxury of time?

While we eke out a living day to day, they're undermining our efforts in a C-Span floor vote moment.

I prefer ejection rather than impeachment.

[AliVeritas]

re: USS Cole, Nashiri

Didn’t Judge Crawford drop the charges on him when Obama got in?

Is he attempting to make sure he doesn’t face future charges?

[AliVeritas]

BTW, future tea party goers... the t-shirt color is blue; I repeat, the t-shirt color is blue.

[AliVeritas]

I prefer the Mussolini method... but that’s just me.

[del4hope]

Nice digs. I stayed there once, long ago when it was the Ritz Carlton. That was back in the old days when mr. del’s employer had money to splurge....and so did we. Those were the days. Today, I just hope I can afford my necessities this month.

[del4hope]

What shade??? Not UN blue, for that I am sure.

[SoCalPol]

They were just showing on the news Cheney fishing in Alaska

[AliVeritas]

Teachable Moments Lost

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/24/AR2009082402469.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns

[AliVeritas]

I’m glad someone else remembers what i’ve been screaming; The death panel bit was in the stimulus.

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — Republican Senators are questioning whether President Barack Obama’s stimulus bill contains the right mix of tax breaks and cash infusions to jump-start the economy.

Tragically, no one from either party is objecting to the health provisions slipped in without discussion. These provisions reflect the handiwork of Tom Daschle, until recently the nominee to head the Health and Human Services Department.

Senators should read these provisions and vote against them because they are dangerous to your health. (Page numbers refer to H.R. 1 EH, pdf version).

The bill’s health rules will affect “every individual in the United States” (445, 454, 479). Your medical treatments will be tracked electronically by a federal system. Having electronic medical records at your fingertips, easily transferred to a hospital, is beneficial. It will help avoid duplicate tests and errors.

But the bill goes further. One new bureaucracy, the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, will monitor treatments to make sure your doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate and cost effective. The goal is to reduce costs and “guide” your doctor’s decisions (442, 446). These provisions in the stimulus bill are virtually identical to what Daschle prescribed in his 2008 book, “Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis.” According to Daschle, doctors have to give up autonomy and “learn to operate less like solo practitioners.”

Keeping doctors informed of the newest medical findings is important, but enforcing uniformity goes too far.

New Penalties
Hospitals and doctors that are not “meaningful users” of the new system will face penalties. “Meaningful user” isn’t defined in the bill. That will be left to the HHS secretary, who will be empowered to impose “more stringent measures of meaningful use over time” (511, 518, 540-541)
What penalties will deter your doctor from going beyond the electronically delivered protocols when your condition is atypical or you need an experimental treatment? The vagueness is intentional. In his book, Daschle proposed an appointed body with vast powers to make the “tough” decisions elected politicians won’t make.

The stimulus bill does that, and calls it the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research (190-192). The goal, Daschle’s book explained, is to slow the development and use of new medications and technologies because they are driving up costs. He praises Europeans for being more willing to accept “hopeless diagnoses” and “forgo experimental treatments,” and he chastises Americans for expecting too much from the health-care system.

[SoCalPol]

Interesting as Cohen is a pom pom shaker for Boma.